Celebrating Las Posadas With Villancicos
By Carolina Moreno, Huffingtopn Post Latino Voices
It’s a tale as old as time–a biblical narrative that resonates with millions of Catholics across the World and that inspired the Hispanic Christmas tradition Las Posadas, which annually sees entire communities come together to celebrate with song and prayer the birth of Jesus Christ.
From Nazareth, Joseph trudged onward to Bethlehem alongside Mary, his virgin wife expecting “the savior of all people,” baby Jesus. Mounted atop a wearied donkey, Mary journeyed to the “city of David” where the divine child was to be born–once there the couple went from shelter to shelter (posadas) looking for a place to rest and give birth.
From this nativity story a tradition was born, in countries like Mexico and Guatemala, the nine nights–representing the nine months of gestation—before Christmas are…
This article was first published in Huffington Post Latino Voices.
[Photo by Gobierno de Aguascalientes]